Error - Games on WP7 - "Cannot Find Server"

maxen · Apr 11, 2014

Woo! Awesome news.

Honestly, it was a stab in the dark to say the problem was that you had an old OS version, but once that proved to be correct I was quietly confident that once you managed to update it would all work.

Then you pasted that chat and I was worried I would need a new theory.

Great to hear it's all working. Happy achievement hunting!

HyruleBalverine · Nov 1, 2018

Honestly, the cynic in me is just screaming that the people at HTC just wanted me to buy a new phone rather than the used one that I purchased. But I cannot justify paying for a brand new phone just to play a few old games.

HyruleBalverine

Thank you Maxen, I guess there's a reason that you're the "Holder of the Badge". The HTC USCCHTC-PC93100 phone that HTC support told me could not be updated (and that I'd need a new phone) has been updated via Zune and I can now access the marketplace and
make purchases!

maxen

This article says differently:

www.wpcentral.com/us-cellular-brings-8107-windows-phone-update-htc-7-pro

7.10.8107 is a higher version number than Mango (7.10.7720).

Reasonably, you should be able to get to, and past, Mango...

It would be interesting to see what you find when trying it.

Edit: It having been available at one point is a little different to "not available anymore". So we'll have to see what you find...

maxen

I think we may just have zeroed in on the problem.

You need to download the Zune desktop application (NOT the same one as you use for WP8) and connect the phone via USB. Once connected, unlock the phone (swipe up lock screen, enter passkey if applicable). Then in the bottom left click the little phone icon
and on the next screen you should see a button to update. If not, from that screen click Settings in the top right and on the left select Update.

Let it do its thing. I reckon you probably have quite a few updates to get through and that can take some considerable time. It will do the complete update process for one update before checking again for new updates, then it will start again with the next
one.

Note: I do not exactly remember whether each time it detects a new update that you need to click to accept, so maybe watch the first update complete fully before you leave it alone for ages expecting it to complete.

This link should let you download and install the Zune software:

www.windowsphone.com/.../zune-software

HyruleBalverine

I can't even get the link to load up on the phone or the PC. Oh well.

HyruleBalverine

Ok, looking at the About section, it says that I have OS version 7.07392.0; the Update section says that I have an update available but I have no idea how to get it. It mentions connecting the phone to my computer, but that does nothing. This really shouldn't
be this difficult, should it?

Error - Games on WP7 - "Cannot Find Server"